“Oh man, it’s one of those things where it’s like, that was a fumble. That was a fumble, bro.

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“All I want to do is win titles. That’s what I’m focused on when we get back.

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“These guys put themselves on the line. Just look at the amount of people that are injured right now and that are going to be injured. You don’t get injured by doing something you don’t want to do. You get injured by doing something you pour your whole life into.

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“The only thing we know is the injury is legit and it’s significant. But the actual injury hasn’t been disclosed. He’s not going to be around at least for a while and Shelton Benjamin will be working singles for now unless they add a new team member.”

Lashley has not wrestled since the AEW Full Gear PPV event, where he competed in the Casino Gauntlet match to determine the inaugural AEW National Champion. Benjamin, without Lashley, was a participant in the Dynamite Diamond battle royal this week.

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“A lot of the lessons that I passed on to him were things I learned from working with Big Show, Undertaker, Kane — you know, working with these giants. I talked to him about how to compose himself, how to pace himself, and that he was going to have guys who would try to lift him off his feet and do moves to him.

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“When we had the Hurt Business originally, Me, Shelton, MVP, Cedric, when we talk about that, it was the realest thing I’ve been through in pro wrestling. There are a whole bunch of reasons why. For me personally, a lot of times we’re portrayed in certain ways. We have to dance, we have to be a certain character. I’m a businessman for real. I have a tremendous amount of real estate, I’m an intelligent person. I have a college degree and I like to dress. When we came at it, we were like, ‘We’re going to show ourselves in a different light. I was having DMs from parents telling me, ‘My son is saying he wants to wear a suit. Nine years old.’ This was giving a different look for boys and girls like myself. They’re seeing us in a different light. It was a big deal, and it was a big deal because of who I was doing it with. Shelton Benjamin has been on top of the business forever. Has he been treated that way and gotten his flowers the way he should’ve? Absolutely not, because he was very humble and giving. He’s great at what he does. Cedric, the same thing. He was amazing, and he didn’t have the opportunity to get as far as he could’ve. For me, I hadn’t won the world title yet. That’s where I needed to get. We all formed together to push each other. There was more behind that. How we carried ourselves, and the fans got behind us, it was a big deal.”

“I’m very protective of that. It got taken away from us very soon when we were doing the Hurt Business. Now, we’re the Hurt Syndicate. The core is here. Me, MVP, and Shelton. Cedric was core of the Hurt Business. Whoever we bring in, I’m going to be very protective of that core. With that being said, with MJF, I gave him the thumbs down because if I don’t trust you, that’s a big deal for me. I didn’t trust him, bringing him in originally. Since we’ve gotten in, I see he’s focused on his own path. Instead of having to stay with us and now we’re all moving in different directions, I was like, ‘Just go on your own path.’ You go on your path and we’ll go on ours. We’ll both be super successful. He’s very successful in AEW and I have no ill will towards him. He’s amazing. We have a different path than he does.” (quotes courtesy of Jeremy Lambert)

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“I was sitting next to Bobby in catering and said, ‘We got to get out of here. Don’t re-sign. Let’s get Shelton and go across the street [to AEW]. Our story is not finished.’”

“Tony [Khan] has given us that gift of allowing us to finish telling The Hurt Syndicate Story our way. We made clear to Tony that we are OGs and we understand it’s time to make new stars, and that’s our goal. We’re not here for a long time and we know how to do business, make money and how to make stars.”

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“I think right off the bat, I know that the critics try to keep AEW down because anytime they talk about a WWE guy going over, they act like it’s a bad thing. I keep trying to tell them, I am not a WWE wrestler. I am not an AEW wrestler. I am a wrestler. I wrestled for WWE for a good portion of my career, now I’m a wrestler for AEW. That’s all you need to know me by.”

“Another thing with AEW, you have a little bit more creative input. I think WWE, they had their agenda and what they wanted to do and you had to stay on course with what they were doing. I think with AEW, Tony Khan gives these guys an opportunity to voice their opinion, to kind of run their stories the way they would like to and they have some say in it. Of course, he’s the final say, so if he says no, no it is. But he gives these guys an opportunity to kinda hear their voice a little bit more and make changes accordingly.” (quotes courtesy of Skylar Russell)

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“I can’t speak for them, even though I normally speak for them, from our conversations, we often acknowledge that this is our last ride. Let’s be real, Bobby at 48 and Shelton at 49 are in better shape than most people in the industry today. They are still credible and can still go.

When this contract is done in a couple of years, two or three years, whatever it is, they’re still going to be in better shape than most people in the business. Who knows if at that point things are still going well, if someone says, ‘Hey, how about one more year? Two more years?’ I can’t speak for them and what they’ll be willing to do at that point. I know Bobby has definitely talked about retiring and moving on to his business ventures and other things. For the most part, this is the last ride, but as we say in our business, card subject to change.” (quotes courtesy of Jeremy Lambert)

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This is Lashley’s first tag-team championship reign in his wrestling career.

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